Loesch told Mark Steyn that Rice, a former Nassau County District Attorney who sits on the Homeland Security Committee, was irresponsible to try to score political points with a serious issue like national security.

"As a [former] officer of the court, she should know better," Loesch said. "Perhaps she is thinking of running for higher office."

"MS-13 is killing black and Hispanic men, and yet she has harsher words for me. She has to resign."

Rice represents the Five Towns and western part of the South Shore of Long Island, only several miles away from where MS-13 has gotten a foothold in places like Brentwood and The Islips.

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